Author Topic: 2 bore - anyone game? (Read 7206 times)

Daryl · « **on:** April 08, 2009, 09:22:13 PM »

Well, for those who think their .62's kick with 80gr. of 2F - try a ball wayyyy over 3,000gr. and 400gr. of 2F powder. Well over 300 pounds of recoil - should roll a bit with the punch! Looks like more fun than I'd like at this stage of the game - now, if i was 30 years younger- zoweeeeee - what a moose rifle!

rdillon · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2009, 09:49:59 PM »

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

roundball · « **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2009, 10:00:41 PM »

Pretty checkering on that forend...where's the monopod?

Good gracious what a beast...

Daryl · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2009, 10:06:49 PM »

I should have noted, this is the 2 bore, built by Steve Zhinn for Bigdog from nitroexpress forum. Steve does exceptional work - and especially on English Sporting rifles in Purdey's best fashion.

smokinbuck · « **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2009, 10:41:30 PM »

WOW, my 8 bore is enough for me!!!!
Mark

hanshi · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2009, 12:27:36 AM »

Well, let's see, now. A ball nearly 1/2 pound, 400 grns 2f, hmmmm....NOOOOO thankee!

Dan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2009, 03:00:53 AM »

That's just.......wrong.

RobertS · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2009, 05:29:17 AM »

I just watched the video, and think I've developed a flinch!

northwoodsdave · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2009, 05:49:18 AM »

That doesn't need a stock: it needs a gun carriage!

Dave

Daryl · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2009, 05:16:26 PM »

The 2 bore has a bore of 1.326inches. The ture weight of the ball is of course, 1/2 pound at 8 ounces or 3,500grains. The balls big dog and his friends are shooting are 3,335grains - pretty close. This gun has a 1.5" bore and we shoot a patched 1.4" WW ball. With a mere 400gr. of 1F, it rocks back on its wheels in grand fashion. You would NOT want to put your shoudler against the caskebell when it is touched off. Taylor, doing the aiming. Yes, ti's a big gun for only a 1 1/2" bore, but fun to shoot and we won the cannon event last August at Hefley Creek Rondy. At about 120yards, we had 8 out of 10 shots in about 8". 2 cut patches on loading resulted in flyers out of the group.

Roger Fisher · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2009, 09:11:17 PM »

Tooooo much!

Dphariss · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2009, 07:17:26 AM »

I might shoot a 4 bore once or twice just from reading Selous and Baker. But a 2 bore does not appeal to me. I tend to draw the line at 458/470 class modern stuff. Unless "in practice" even these relative pop guns require a lot of concentration to get hits.

Dan

Daryl · « **Reply #12 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:47:23 PM »

Few on this earth can shoot a .460 or .378 Wtby well (86 pounds recoil) - without flinching - now - multiply their nasty recoil by 4 times and you have just fired one shot from the 2 bore. Even a 4 has 2 1/2 times the .460's recoil. With a full load, the 4 bore comes back with about 220 pounds of recoil - roughly 100 pounds LESS than the 2 bore. If that doesn't mean much to you - look at a .577 Nitro Express of buffalo and elephant crushing power - it's only 160 pounds of recoil - the 2 bore runs about 350 pounds. That would be like strapping 2 .577's together and shooting them at the same time - my head hurts just thinking of this - my shoulder departed my body at the start of this, probably, unnecessary post.

Dave Faletti · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2009, 10:34:30 PM »

No thanks on the 2 bore. I think I lost a few marbles shooting my 8 bore.

lew wetzel · « **Reply #14 on:** April 10, 2009, 11:24:21 PM »

i would like to shoot it one time,and one time only.....

voyageur1688 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2009, 01:48:40 AM »

WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS BOY!!!!!! OUCH!!!!!! I may be crazy but I aint stupid.
Todd

caliber45 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 15, 2009, 02:32:21 AM »

Hmmmm . . . does the phrase "detatched retina" mean anything to you hand-held cannon folks? They ain't fun, and getting them reattached (assuming it even works . . .) ain't any fun either. Think I'll haul out my .32 and practice squirrel hunting, by golly . . . with a light load. -- paulallen
p.s. Have you seen the TrueTV footage of wannabe-macho Japanese males (with the same mindset of the cannon folks) pulling vehicles via an assemblage of hooker-onners attached to their, well, "male appendages?" What some folks won't do to be able to brag, "Hey, guys, I'm tougher than you is . . ." At the risk of offending some, I have to say, "Get a life, folks." - p.

hanshi · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2009, 02:45:16 AM »

"2 bore" is a verb, IMHO!

Daryl · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2009, 08:20:36 AM »

Quote from: caliber45 on April 15, 2009, 02:32:21 AM

Hmmmm . . . does the phrase "detatched retina" mean anything to you hand-held cannon folks? They ain't fun, and getting them reattached (assuming it even works . . .) ain't any fun either. Think I'll haul out my .32 and practice squirrel hunting, by golly . . . with a light load. -- paulallen
p.s. Have you seen the TrueTV footage of wannabe-macho Japanese males (with the same mindset of the cannon folks) pulling vehicles via an assemblage of hooker-onners attached to their, well, "male appendages?" What some folks won't do to be able to brag, "Hey, guys, I'm tougher than you is . . ." At the risk of offending some, I have to say, "Get a life, folks." - p.

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Author Topic: 2 bore - anyone game? (Read 7206 times)

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